Gail Jeidy

Personal Bio

      Gail Jeidy started school in a one-room schoolhouse in rural Wisconsin and went on to earn her Bachelor’s in Art and Speech from the University of Wisconsin, where she also did graduate work in television and film. She earned her MFA in creative writing from Lesley University in Cambridge, MA.

     Gail’s early work life taught her how to pick string beans, build department store displays, teach kids’ art, produce TV promotions and write for film producer Stanley Kramer. Her personal life taught her how to survive three brothers, fall in love, single parent, reconnect with her childhood sweetheart, redefine bliss, and parent once again.

    Gail served as a creative director in the advertising business for two decades and has taught creative writing and film studies at Portland Community College for the past decade. She writes novels, short stories, screenplays and the occasional poem.  

      Publishing credits include The Oregonian, Seattle Times, Quiddity, Common Thought, Mason’s Road, Midwestern Gothic, as well as Voice Catcher and Prairie Home Companion websites, among others. She has also earned short-list honors in several national/international screenwriting competitions. Her latest screenplay placed in the top 15 percent of the Nicholl fellowship (2021) and was a finalist in the Las Vegas International Film Festival (2021).

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